Legal Fund for Baiting Jiang, Lanjiao Qin vs. NBCUniversal

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My dear friends,

For over four years, I remained silent—hidden like a mouse in the dark. My voice was ignored, and my family and I suffered greatly. Through this experience, I came to understand that fake news has become a serious problem in our society, that people’s constitutional rights are not always protected, and that true freedom of speech and justice for all still have a long way to go. But the price of exposing the buried truth—manipulated and concealed by a powerful media corporation—is one I am willing to pay, even though it is painfully difficult, so that the truth can finally be seen by both the public and the court.

That is why I am now risking what little privacy I have left (if any remains after the public shaming I endured during the COVID-19 pandemic). I’ve had no choice but to face over four years of litigation against NBCUniversal Media LLC in order to defend truth, justice, fairness, and human conscience .

While my mother battles a life-threatening illness and my father suffers injury, I am fighting this case alone. I am also facing the painful reality that NBCUniversal edited and erased key evidence—some of which was fortunately preserved by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. I have brought this issue to the attention of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. This is urgent—I need to care for my parents while also fighting against the second-largest media company in the world, all while managing my own health. I truly need support from our society.

I pray that one day, you will not only look to the stars, but also take a moment to see the quiet suffering of a tiny family like mine—my mother’s pain, and the legacy she deserves before it’s too late.

I pray the court will one day clear our name. I believe that day will come.

My mother raised me so that I could attend university and gain the ability to give back to society. Now, I am using my life to defend our name and to do something good for our community—even at the cost of my own life, my health, my mother’s health, and my parents’ well-being. I am standing up to stop the pattern of fake news spread by the media empire—the way it abuses its power and harms our society.

I don’t want my mother to pass away being labeled as the woman who gave birth to and raised an “evil” daughter—a false narrative fabricated by NBCUniversal Media LLC.

I don’t want myself or my future children to suffer this kind of media abuse —I have already endured this pain for over four years. I don’t want anyone else to go through what I’ve endured. This pattern of media abuse must be stopped—just as my mother once risked her life to defend my right to be born, I am now risking mine to defend her dignity and our truth.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I rented a room in San Mateo, California. I paid rent in full and on time. However, the room I rented—and the main house it was part of—had been built illegally and were later subjected to fines by the City of San Mateo for building code violations.

My former landlord attempted to evict me illegally. The Superior Court of San Mateo issued an order prohibiting the eviction. That court order remained valid. Despite this, I was later forcibly evicted by the former landlord—an action I believe was influenced in part by NBCUniversal Media LLC’s false reporting and misconduct, for which I have strong evidence that has already been submitted, in part, to the court.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, city of San Mateo, California, and national laws prohibited eviction. Nevertheless, my former landlords continued to illegally evict me. One of them, Weixia Dong, physically assaulted me on camera, which led me to seek a restraining order. The court granted both a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and later a permanent restraining order.

Even with a valid restraining order, court orders, and eviction protections under the law, my former landlords organized a group of 7 to 10 people who forcibly entered my rented room while I was attending an eviction hearing at the Superior Court of San Mateo. During that time, they removed my toilet and sink, disconnected and cut off the water supply, and never restored it—despite my immediate objections when I returned from court and caught them in the act. They continued their misconduct even as I demanded they stop.

To avoid legal liability and entrap me, they offered— in writing—temporary access to a bathroom in the main house, a location I had never previously been allowed to enter and did not know how to access. When I knocked on the door to use the bathroom, they called the police on me and threatened to file criminal charges.

After NBCUniversal Media LLC published a deeply unfair and factually inaccurate story about me, I identified and documented over 122 errors and misrepresentations in my court filings (Case No. 3:21-cv-01293-LB).

During the COVID-19 pandemic, NBCUniversal broadcast news coverage about me across multiple platforms, including television, their official website, YouTube, a, and other platforms. I believe—and have submitted strong supporting evidence—that their reporting was biased, misleading, and severely damaging to my reputation. They left out critical facts and distorted the truth. The harm has been ongoing and profound.

Even more troubling, I firmly believe and I know because a San Mateo Police officer notified me—and have documented evidence to support—that NBCUniversal Media LLC abused its influence and misled the District Attorney Office of San Mateo into pursuing a baseless criminal charge against me, in an effort to silence my voice and suppress my pursuit of justice. That criminal case was later dismissed by the court in the interest of justice. Yet the emotional, reputational, and psychological harm from that experience continues. I am still healing—and still standing.

I speak up not just for myself, but for a society that deserves truth, justice, and ethical journalism. I believe in freedom of speech, and I hope that one day I will be able to speak without fear.

I cannot carry this fight alone anymore. The cost of seeking truth and justice is overwhelming. After more than four years of litigation—most of it without legal representation—the emotional toll has become unbearable.

English is not my first language. I come from one of the poorest minority villages in China. Still, I’ve stood alone to fight for justice against one of the most powerful media companies in the world.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, NBCUniversal Media LLC published a news story that, I allege, was filled with serious factual errors. That false and biased coverage shattered my life. It destroyed my career, fueled hate and racial discrimination, and undermined the very foundation of social justice.

The way NBCUniversal handled the news—and treated someone who dared to speak out against it—is deeply disturbing. If you were in my position, or if any reasonable person were in my shoes, you would not stay silent either.

The price of seeking the truth has been unimaginably high.

But I cannot and will not give up.

I still believe that those with conscience, basic moral integrity, legal common sense, or first-hand knowledge of what truly happened will not turn away.

Your support can shift the landscape. Please donate and share to help me continue my pursuit of justice.

For transparency, I have attached:

Part of the altered NBCUniversal Media LLC's news, as archived by the Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/) , showing how they changed their content—possibly to avoid legal liability.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/homeowner-rents-out-room-during-covid-now-she-might-lose-her-house/2379151/